The Politics of Intolerant Laws against Adherents of Indigenous Beliefs or Aliran Kepercayaan in Indonesia

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ID4861405
AuthorsVictor Imanuel W Nalle (0000-0002-6675-0133)
Year2021
Volume8
Issue3
Pages558-576
Publication date2021-10-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAsian Journal of Law and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2052-9015 • E-ISSN: 2052-9023
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/als.2020.54
OpenAlexW4250153031
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited19

Earlier studies have examined the discriminatory effects of laws and policies against the adherents of indigenous beliefs-Aliran Kepercayaan-in Indonesia. However, those studies do not show how the politics of law were developed through the prior sociopolitical processes in Indonesia's legislative history. This study analyzes how and why the government initiated and later put an end to discrimination against adherents of Aliran Kepercayaan-at least in the realm of population administration. Under the New Order era, political battles gave birth to the politics of law discriminating against the Aliran Kepercayaan adherents. Weakening political resistance in the Reformasi era as well as judicial review before the Constitutional Court forced the government to partially relax its discriminatory laws and policies. Nonetheless, progressive initiatives from secular nationalist parties have yet to be taken in order to further ensure equality for all minority-religious-groups within Indonesian society before the law

Government (linguistics · Indigenous · Indonesian · Legislature · Political science · Politics · Population · Realm · Sociology · Asian Studies and History · Gender and Women's Rights · Indonesian Election Politics and Participation · Law

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